Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

[gunner.b0b]

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I checked those links you may want to do the same...2 of them dont exist and the only one I found with any bit of misleading on it was two lines of text on the EB games site...

Your post its self speaks volumes for your understandings of computers

Now hes a computer expert as well as an advertising specialist and market research guru wow you get around donkey.., shame your a jackoff of all trades and master of none.

[strathound]

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Well if you dont agree, good for you! You are adequately satisfied with sub standard software, and also so selfish, to not care if another gamer is misled by advertiseing and blatent lies in interviews of the games producer.

I didn't say that I didn't agree (ok, well I don't, lol). I just think it's humorous that this guy refers to himself in the third person. I don't have an issue with you Bucket. I can at least take you seriously. But I honestly do think the lawsuit thing is frivolous at best. The BBB is a much more practical way to go. The other thing you might try and do is start writing to the major gaming magazines and see if you can get any publicity on the issue. Just trying to help.

[The Question]

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I didn't say that I didn't agree (ok, well I don't, lol). I just think it's humorous that this guy refers to himself in the third person. I don't have an issue with you Bucket. I can at least take you seriously. But I honestly do think the lawsuit thing is frivolous at best. The BBB is a much more practical way to go. The other thing you might try and do is start writing to the major gaming magazines and see if you can get any publicity on the issue. Just trying to help.

Last time I checked the gaming magazines are paid my game companies so it would not be wise for them to give that up.

[mrbucket]

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Look I want to clear some stuff up.........No one is going to court, that would be a huge waste of time and money for a game (It would be different if it was child seats!) However I also feel an obligation to make sure my voice is heard BECAUSE it is a little thing. I think people will overlook the fact that EA hasn't been fair to it's PC customers. I also think it's wrong that the options on the advertising ARE still promised in the ad's, it would be easy to fix that, just change the ad! But it is easy to contact the BBB which i have already done and now have a case opened. I encourage any else who feels the game could be soooo much better to do the same!

Games for PS2 and XBox have to be completed before shipping, Pc can be upgraded and changed at will, which I think is one of the best parts. However, they are just not making a pleasant experience for anyone trying to finish their MODS.

So to conclude, I've done my part and have also contacted EA numerous time's to no avail. So yesterday i went to the EA forums, and low and behold, people were having the same discussion, and the Moderator's there were trying to tell them to keep it down, SOOOO i posted a nice long, but short, argument about my case and what they could do.

[gunner.b0b]

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hrmm by looking at the EA forums your post will either be locked or youll be branded a troll or something equally as narrow minded.

[The Question]

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I'm getting sick of the negative people trying to force their ways on us.

[The Question]

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EA sees revs, profit decline.

After the market closed today, Electronic Arts reported its second-quarter earnings. And while the company reported sharp drops to both revenue and profit, the numbers were well within expectations. In fact, analysts had expected the publisher to fare worse that it did.

Second-quarter revenues of $675 million were 6 percent below the $716 million the company tallied in the previous year.

Reuters reported today that consensus among analysts was that the company would report revenues of just $634.6 million.

Net income for the July-September quarter declined to $51 million, or 16 cents a share. That figure compares to $97 million in profit the company reported in the same quarter a year ago.

Reiterating its readiness for the upcoming release of the Xbox 360, chairman and CEO Larry Probst said EA is "well prepared for the launch." He added: "We plan to release five blockbuster games--FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, Need for Speed Most Wanted, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 on this exciting new platform." That lineup was expected.

In the earnings call that followed the close of the markets today, company CFO Warren Jenson came out swinging, stating that "our second-quarter results were solid, netting the ins and outs of title moves...we extended the top end of our guidance and came ahead on the bottom line."

Then in rapid fire, he presented the highlights, giving his attention first to an area EA makes of habit of winning in: sports.

"Sports is off to a great start," Jenson said. "Our North American segment share [is a record] 75 percent, up 7 points from this time last year."

[The Question]

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He said Madden NFL 06 took only three weeks to become the number one console title for year in North America. "Through the end of the quarter, we sold an excess of 4 million copies." Madden wasn't the only performer. NCAA Football 2006 sold over a million and a half copies, Jenson said. "And we estimate sell through is up over 15 percent." In addition, he said sales of FIFA 06 was tracking more than 30 percent ahead of last year. "FIFA was at the top the charts in Europe for three consecutive weeks," Jenson said. "The competition is heating up, but we are very pleased with our performance and like our prospects."

Probst, on the other hand, seemed to hedge in the area of whether or not the previously mentioned Xbox launch titles would in fact be on shelves November 22, when the 360 was due to first go on sale.

Responding to a question on EA's commitment to the new console, the company exec said, "We intend to be prolific in terms of the number of titles that we will publish for that platform. I think we mentioned we will have five during the launch window."

Given that most industry watchers consider the 360 launch window to last for the first 14 weeks after the console's appearance, Probst seemed to be prepping analysts for a release of those titles anytime before March 1, 2006.

When pressed for clarification, an EA spokesperson said the titles will "all be there at launch," adding that "in the case of any last-minute delays, we may be there a few days after launch, but no more than a week or two." EA considers the console's "launch window" to be no more than two weeks after the launch.

However, an air of hesitancy permeated the call. On a number of occasions, chief financial officer Warren Jenson cautioned listeners to consider at least the possibility of delays to games. "A final word of caution," Jenson volunteered at the top of the call. "Expect the unexpected," he said. "We are in transition. We could experience production or development snags or abrupt changes in pricing and demand."

Later in the call, he addressed the possibility of delays again, saying that while "there is no company in a better position to take advantage of this opportunity than Electronic Arts...there is plenty of risk and we certainly can and will make mistakes." The same EA spokesperson stressed Jenson's comments related to "bigger picture" issues about transitioning to next-gen development.

Other significant milestones mentioned in the call included the fact that Asia revenue was up 24 percent year-over-year, a POGO subscriber milestone of 1 million registered users, up 75 percent from a year ago, and the mention of six titles that sold over a million units during the quarter: Madden NFL 06, NCAA Football 06, Burnout Revenge, FIFA 06, NBA Live 06, and The Sims 2: Nightlife. That number bests last year's second quarter tally that saw only four titles sell a million units. Unfortunately for EA, its gains were offset by a five percent decline in console-game revenue and increased costs associated with bulking up development teams to work on next-gen games.

On the Nasdaq, Electronic Arts shares were down $1.09, closing at $55.79. In after-hours trading, shares bounced back, gaining $1.12 off the close.

[Blak_Phoenix]

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Wow.... thats a lot of words... Its like a mini essay :p

[DogGunn]

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Now this is all a big load of ********.

[The Question]

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Found that on gamespot.com

[a1pointguard]

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oops thought this was the other thread.

[CS-Evolution]

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If you guys hate EA so much, why do you continue to support their product? It just doesn't make sense to me.

[mrbucket]

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Because it's a great product, I want them to finish it before they move onto something else(the expansion). Plus the advertising has nothing to do with the game, that's EA, not Battlefield 2.

[CS-Evolution]

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Because it's a great product, I want them to finish it before they move onto something else(the expansion). Plus the advertising has nothing to do with the game, that's EA, not Battlefield 2.

Well, yourself aside, a lot of people are outright bashing EA in this thread. The Question going as far as reveling in EA's financial slide. Which begs the question, why do you continue to play BF2? Why support the company you loathe? And will you really stop buying EA products? They're such a big publisher, its likely you're eventually going to want to buy another game from them...